Research Article
Is the Cloze Procedure Appropriate to Evaluate Health Literacy in Older Individuals? Age Effects in the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults
Table 3
Regression models for performance on DIF items for younger and older participants.
| | | | Std. error | | | | Adj | Significance of change with working memory |
| Models for participants younger than 65 | 1 | Intercept | −2.95 | 1.13 | −2.61 | 0.01 | | | | Verbal ability | 0.05 | 0.02 | 2.93 | 0.004 | | | | Reading | 0.06 | 0.02 | 3.69 | <0.001 | | | | Education | 0.02 | 0.05 | 2.55 | 0.01 | 0.44 | 0.42 | |
| 2 | Intercept | −2.70 | 1.14 | −2.37 | 0.2 | | | | Verbal | 0.04 | 0.02 | 2.71 | 0.001 | | | | Reading | 0.06 | 0.02 | 3.43 | 0.001 | | | | Education | 0.12 | 0.05 | 2.49 | 0.01 | | | | Working memory | 0.06 | 0.05 | 1.36 | 0.18 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.18 |
| Models for participants 65 years of age or older | 1 | Intercept | 0.14 | 1.28 | 0.11 | 0.91 | | | | Verbal ability | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.67 | 0.95 | | | | Reading | 0.06 | 0.02 | 3.21 | 0.002 | | | | Education | 0.22 | 0.08 | 2.68 | 0.009 | 0.55 | 0.52 | |
| 2 | Intercept | 0.30 | 1.23 | 0.24 | 0.81 | | | | Verbal | −0.003 | 0.02 | −0.16 | 0.87 | | | | Reading | 0.5 | 0.02 | 2.54 | 0.01 | | | | Education | 0.23 | 0.08 | 2.87 | 0.006 | | | | Working memory | 0.19 | 0.08 | 2.41 | 0.02 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.02 |
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